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Monitoring the health of the American people is an essential step in making sound health policy and setting research and program priorities. In a Chartbook and detailed tables, Health, United States provides an annual picture of the health of the entire Nation. Health, United States, 2011--which includes a Special Feature on Socioeconomic Status and Health--is the 35th report on the health status of the Nation and is submitted by the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services to the President and the Congress of the United States in compliance with Section 308 of the Public Health Service Act. This report was compiled by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS). Health, United States, 2011: In Brief is provided as a companion to the full report. This short report is intended to focus attention on trends in selected health statistics. Each topic highlighted in In Brief is presented in greater detail in the full report. In Brief contains summary information on the health of the American people, including mortality and life expectancy, morbidity and risk factors such as cigarette smoking and overweight and obesity, access to and utilization of health care, health insurance coverage, supply of health care resources, and health expenditures. An “At a Glance” table summarizes some of these key indicators at the national level and is followed by selected charts extracted from Health, United States, 2011 that highlight these topics and provide examples of data contained in the full report.

DHHS publication ; no. (PHS) 2013-1209After a plateau from 2000 through 2005, the U.S. infant mortality rate declined by 12% to a rate of 6.05 in 2011. Provisional infant mortality counts for the first half of 2012 suggest a continued downward trend....

DHHS publication ; no. 2015–1209This report presents 2012 U.S. final mortality data on deaths and death rates by demographic and medical characteristics. These data provide information on mortality patterns among residents of the United States by s...

Key findingsData from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey• In 2011–2012, just over one-third of children and adolescents consumed fast food on a given day.• In 2011–2012, children and adolescents consumed on average 12.4% of ...

National Center for Health Statistics (U.S.). Division of Vital Statistics.

Published Date:

May 2013

Series:

NCHS data brief ; no. 121
DHHS publication ; no. (PHS) 2013–1209

Description:

Key findingsData from the National Health Interview Survey, 1997–2011• The prevalence of food and skin allergies increased in children under age 18 years from 1997–2011.• The prevalence of skin allergies decreased with age. In contrast, the p...